Segment 1, beginning at 3:53: How a hurting USPS affects businesses and rural communities.
For people who rely on the United State Postal Service, its current struggles with delays and financial shortfalls can be alarming. One Lawrence, Kansas, bookstore wouldn't survive without the Postal Service. A Lee's Summit, Missouri, veteran depends on the USPS to deliver his prescription medication.
- Danny Caine, owner of Raven Book Store
- Sarah Smarsh, journalist and author of "Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth"
- Jim Tobin, attorney and military veteran
Segment 2, beginning at 30:55: Being a delegate at the country's first digital national political convention.
Democratic delegates are disappointed they can't join their out-of-state colleagues in-person for the national political convention, going on virtually now, but there are other, new opportunities for connecting with the party platform and members closer to home.
- Manny Abarca, Democratic Party delegate from Missouri and member of the KCPS Board of Directors
- Alana Cloutier, Democratic Party delegate from Kansas and vice chair of the Allen County Democratic Party
Segment 3, beginning at 42:47: It's been two years since Missouri voters approved medical marijuana, and no one is getting cannabis yet.
More than 60,000 Missourians have applied for a medical marijuana card. Zero of them have received medical marijuana in the state. "There's been a lot of water pass under the bridge" since Missouri set a spring 2020 deadline for getting sales off the ground, said the state official in charge. His official deadline for opening up shop is now late summer.
- Lyndall Fraker, director of the Missouri DHSS Section for Medical Marijuana Regulation
- Jack Cardetti, spokesperson for the Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association
